On "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast" actor/writer/raconteur explains how he votes for the Oscars. Yes, he makes no beef about being honest. He's also an old White Dude. Which I find to be hilarious. What he won't vote for:
1) no rookies
2) no children
3) British people
4) he will vote for his friends. Means they will get a lifetime of health care
Does this have ANYTHING to do with performance? Fuck no! It has to do with helping his friends out. And quite honestly, and this is something I've ALWAYS agreed on, his Dad sort of kicked it to him...how can someone be the "best" anything one year and not the best the next? In other words, there is no fucking such thing as Best anything in movies.
And then we get a little history on what the Oscars really meant back in the 20's. It was to kill unions. A group of people met in a restaurant to tell each other they will take care of each other. A gentlemen's agreement per se. We will take care of all the work, the movies, the health, dental, etc... why unionized? Then they gave out trophies to pat themselves on the back. In a sense, a bribe to stop it from unionizing. In the present day, it's to add more money into a movie's value. Hence the push to win Oscar which spends (I'd say the budget of a action film) money to win...winking at you Bob Weinstein.
Why the fuck would you want to be involved in that?
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